Nydia, The Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii
Randolph Rogers
modeled 1855–56, carved 1858
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
130.8 × 64.1 × 91.4 cm (51 1/2 × 25 1/4 × 36 in.)
Classification
sculpture
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
2446
About the Artist
Randolph Rogers
Randolph Rogers (1825–1892) was a prominent American Neoclassical sculptor whose career bridged the worlds of popular genre sculpture and grand public commissions. Born on July 6, 1825, in Waterloo, New York, the son of a carpenter and millwright, Rogers grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after his family relocated westward in pursuit of opportunity. Showing early aptitude for drawing and wood engrav...